Private Garden Complaints - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Private Garden Complaints
FOI Number
2024611
Date Received
12/06/2024
Type of Request
EIR
Request or Question
1) From May 1st 2023 to May 1st 2024, how many complaints have been made about private gardens in relation to their maintenance such as high hedges, invasive weeds and severely overgrown shrubs/plants etc or any other complaint relating to overgrown gardens? For each complaint could this be broken down into the following details: * Date of the complaint
* The main reason cited in the complaint e.g. high hedges
* First part of the postcode for the property the complaint was made about - if this isn t available, the first part of the postcode for the property making the complaint e.g. NG1 - this then isn t specific enough to identify the exact property Could you present data in the below format: Date Postal Area Main Reason for complaint 01/05/23 NG1 Overgrown hedges 02/05/23 NG5 Invasive weeds 03/05/23 NG10 Overgrowth into garden
2) From May 1st 2023 to May 1st 2024, how many private properties have received more than one complaint in relation to the maintenance of their garden such as high hedges, invasive weeds and severely overgrown shrubs/plants etc or any other complaint relating to overgrown gardens? For each property, could this be broken down into the following details: * First part of the postcode for the property the complaint was made about e.g. NG1 - this then isn t specific enough to identify the exact property
* Total number of complaints about that property (within the given time period - May 1st 2023 - May 1st 2024) Could you present data in the below format: Postal Area Total number of complaints about the property NG1 4 NG5 6 NG10 8
Response
Date Post Code Main reason for Complaint
12/06/23 TD7 Overgrown Ivy
14/06/23 TD9 Weeds
29/06/2023 10:34 TD6 Customer has hedge directly outside their property which gets poison put underneath it regularly, has asked if this can be stopped as it is affecting their flowers
05/07/2023 13:13 TD14 Overgrown trees
07/07/2023 14:59 TD2 Overgrown hedge
12/07/2023 15:28 TD9 Overgrown hedge
12/07/2023 15:33 TD1 Overgrown bush
18/07/2023 11:35 EH45 Overgrown hedge
25/07/2023 11:04 TD6 Overgrown hedge
27/07/2023 10:05 TD9 Overgrown Ivy
07/08/2023 09:10 TD4 Overgrown grass and hedges cannot see when getting out of drive
07/08/2023 15:04 TD1 Overgrown tree/bush
10/08/2023 TD2 Wild Ivy
10/08/2023 10:40 TD14 Overgrown thorn bushes
17/08/23 TD6 Japanese Knotweed
21/08/2023 08:36 TD2 Overgrown hedge
28/08/2023 14:48 EH43 Overgrown Bush/Hedge/Shrub/Veg Other
29/08/2023 10:01 TD14 Hedge/Trees starting to impact fence
18/09/2023 12:35 TD5 Pulling out hedges
25/09/2023 15:08 TD14 Overgrown hedge
27/09/2023 14:59 TD6 Overgrown hedge
17/10/2023 11:45 TD1 Overgrown shrubs
01/12/2023 00:00 TD3 Overgrown hedge
04/12/2023 15:47 TD4 Overgrown hedge
08/01/2024 13:59 TD9 Overgrown hedge
18/01/2024 12:20 TD14 Overgrown trees and bushes
29/01/2024 12:29 EH45 Small tree and bushes overhang into garden when in full bloom
19/02/2024 09:45 TD8 Invasive Ivy
21/02/2024 10:34 TD12 Overgrown hedge
24/02/2024 00:00 TD5 Bush/Hedge/Shrub/Veg Other
24/02/2024 00:00 EH44 Bush/Hedge/Shrub/Veg Other
25/02/2024 00:00 TD5 Bush/Hedge/Shrub/Veg Other
26/02/2024 12:05 TD4 Overgrown boundary hedge
26/02/2024 15:28 TD6 Overgrown boundary hedge between neighbour and park
26/02/2024 16:45 TD11 Overgrown grass and hedge next to property
29/02/2024 07:23 TD9 Overgrown hedge/evergreen shrubs
17/03/2024 17:50 TD6 Overhanging hedge
26/04/2024 00:00 TD5 Bush/Hedge/Shrub/Veg Other
No private properties have received more than one complaint during the period requested.